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follico

follico

to expand and contract one's self like a pair of bellows

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What it meant

follĭco — Lewis & Short

follĭco, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. n. id., to expand and contract one's self like a pair of bellows (post-Aug. and rare): animalia follicent, Veg. Vet. 5, 75, 1.—Usu. in the part. praes.: muli senes ... follicantes nares languidas, App. M. 9, p. 222: chamaeleon oscitans vescitur, follicans ruminat, Tert. Pall. 3: laxae manicae, caligae follicantes, loose, Hier. Ep. 22, 34.

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